Golf
DENVER – John Elway was named the honorary chairman of the 39th U.S. Senior Open, which will be held at the Broadmoor Golf Club in Colorado Springs in 2018.
Elway guided the Denver Broncos to all three of their Super Bowl titles, two during his Hall of Fame career as quarterback and last year as the team’s general manager and executive vice president of football operations.
Elway is a low-handicap golfer who has played in two Colorado Senior Opens and is past president of Cherry Hills Country Club in Denver.
MLB
NEW YORK – Dave Roberts of the Los Angeles Dodgers won the National League Manager of the Year award, and Terry Francona of the Cleveland Indians earned the AL honor.
Roberts beat out Joe Maddon, who led the Chicago Cubs to the World Series championship, and Washington’s Dusty Baker.
Roberts led Los Angeles to the NL West title despite the Dodgers putting 28 different players on the disabled list, more than any team in the last 30 years.
Francona guided a club beset by injuries and drug suspensions to a surprising first-place finish. The Indians had a 3-1 lead in the World Series before the Cubs rallied.
NBA
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio – LeBron James respected Phil Jackson’s unmatched coaching accomplishments. That affection has vanished.
James fired back at the 11-time coaching champion and current New York Knicks president for using the word “posse” in a recent interview to describe the NBA megastar’s business associates. James said he lost all respect for Jackson and his comments underline a larger societal issue for young African-Americans trying to succeed in business.
In the interview, Jackson, 71, said James has always demanded preferential treatment. Jackson recalled a time when James asked for the team to stay over in Cleveland while on a road trip, a request that put coach Erik Spoelstra in a bind.
“You can’t hold up the whole team because you and your mom and your posse want to spend an extra night in Cleveland,” Jackson said in the ESPN interview.
NFL
FRISCO, Texas – Tony Romo says Dak Prescott has “earned the right” to take his job as starting quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys.
In a five-minute prepared statement Tuesday, a solemn Romo described the difficulty of dealing with the news of the latest back injury to sideline him, and the 36-year-old reflected on his early days as an unheralded free agent trying to earn a job.
Romo quickly left the brief news conference after saying he wouldn’t take questions following his statement.
With Prescott leading the way, the Cowboys (8-1) have the best record in the NFL after tying a franchise season record with eight straight wins. Romo broke a bone in his back in a preseason game.
ALBANY, N.Y. – The NFL has agreed to end a policy that prohibited the resale of tickets at below face value.
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Tuesday announced a legal settlement between the league and several states that was prompted by his office’s investigation into NFL ticketing pricing.
The former policy prohibited sellers from listing tickets on sanctioned resale sites for less than the full face value of the ticket.
Associated Press
